486: Chapter 483 We Have an Anti-Aircraft Gun Now 486: Chapter 483 We Have an Anti-Aircraft Gun Now Getting off the vehicle and initiating an assault at a distance of two hundred meters would definitely lose the element of surprise, but there was no other choice, given the traffic congestion on the road, they could only proceed with this plan.
When the convoy stopped by the side of the road, it had already caught the attention of the soldiers at the checkpoint, but as dozens of people jumped out of the vehicles and charged toward the checkpoint, there wasn’t much to say about the ensuing fight.
As soon as the marksmen fired, the assaulters surged forward.
The thirty-some soldiers at the checkpoint only managed to hastily fire a couple of shots before scattering, leaving behind a few bodies.
The checkpoint had set up movable roadblocks, allowing only one vehicle to pass after inspection.
After dispersing the checkpoint’s soldiers and pushing the roadblocks aside, the convoy continued on its way.
Gao Yang and his team had ultimately failed to leave Bogota before the blockade was enforced.
Although the fight had been easy, their actions had undoubtedly exposed them.
Even though they were exposed, getting out of the city was what counted, and Grand Ivan had played a crucial role in this regard.
While the feint strategy hadn’t worked perfectly, it could still be considered quite successful.
If it hadn’t been for FAEC’s declaration, the number of soldiers at the checkpoint would certainly not have been a mere thirty or so, nor would they have been a ragtag defense force.
The checkpoint was located at a key intersection.
Once they had cleared the checkpoint, they left the main urban area of Bogota.
Gao Yang and the others drove along No.
40 Motorway, heading southeast.
Bogota is situated on the Sumapaz Plateau in the valley west of the Eastern Cordillera, at an altitude of 2,640 meters.
Heading southeast out of Bogota, one must cross the Eastern Cordillera, and then the terrain slopes down.
After completely leaving the Eastern Cordillera, one enters the Amazon rainforest.
Gao Yang and his team did not need to reach the Amazon rainforest to find rainforests suitable for hiding.
Not far south of Bogota city, there were vast stretches of rainforest.
The conditions on No.
40 Motorway were excellent, and there were no obstacles along the way.
After half an hour of smooth driving, continuous forests appeared by the side of the road.
Gao had been trying to reach the number Grand Ivan had given him, but the call would not go through.
When he finally got through, Gao hadn’t even had the chance to feel relieved before a stream of Spanish came through the phone.
Unable to understand Spanish, Gao held the phone aside and said to Nate with a wry smile, “Do you speak Spanish?”
Nate reached out his hand directly, took the phone, and started jabbering away in Spanish with the person on the other end.
Then, Nate immediately called a code over the walkie-talkie.
After Chloe relayed the information back to Nate through the walkie-talkie, Nate spoke a few more sentences to the person on the phone, then hung up.
After Nate received the switched phone, Gao asked anxiously, “What did they say?”
Nate looked relaxed and said, “They’re friends of yours, sent to pick us up.
They are waiting for us somewhere.
We just need to call them when we’re close.
Now, we’re thirty kilometers away from the rendezvous spot, not too far.
We’ll be there soon.”
Gao let out a sigh of relief and said, “It looks like we’re really out of trouble this time.
Do you have any food?
I’m starving, and I think I’ve lost a bit too much blood, making me feel a bit dizzy.”
Nate took out two chocolate bars from his pocket, tossed one to Gao, and said with a laugh, “I was about to enjoy a delicious steak on my table, followed by a coffee and a rare moment of leisure in the afternoon.
But because of you, I missed out on all that.”
Gao took a bite of the chocolate and said, “Enough with your complaints.
You’ve pocketed twenty-four million US dollars, a huge business deal, super huge, and you’ll get even more money.
You missed out on just one meal, but me?
I won’t get a dime, and I have two people seriously injured.”
Nate pointed to Gao’s left shoulder and said, “You’re counting wrong.
You’re injured too.”
Gao was startled and said, “Oh, right.
I’m injured too.
F**k, it hurts!”
Nate shrugged and said, “In my experience, you don’t feel pain when you’re tense.
Once you relax, it hurts like hell.
Seems like you’re starting to relax now.
However, I think you’re relaxing a bit early.
Who knows what we might encounter next.”
Gao also felt he was relaxing too soon.
The situation had only slightly improved and was far from being safe, yet once the tension eased, it became hard to get it back up.
Gao sighed and said, “I’m new to this, alright?
Just understand that.
Don’t treat me like you would an old hand.
Though I’ve been injured before, I’m still not used to it.”
Gao’s words seemed to strike a chord with Nate, who fell silent for a moment before saying gravely, “If you don’t quit this line of work, you’ll get used to these things.
You’ll get accustomed to yourself and those around you getting injured and even seeing comrades die.
Of course, you might not get used to being injured because you might die soon.”
Gao quickly said, “Tsk, tsk, crow’s mouth.
I’m telling you, neither I nor my men are going to die.”
Nate cracked a slight smile and said, “That’s not up to you.”
The atmosphere grew heavy for a moment, and to break the silence, Gao said with a laugh, “The first time we met in Bosaso, you told me it was easy to make money in South America.
There are drug lords everywhere here with loads of cash.
Now, I’ve found your words to be quite true.
The tasks here seem to all start with tens of millions of US dollars.”
Nate nodded and said, “That’s right.
It’s tough to earn such high fees outside of South America.
In Africa, a two million US dollar job would be worth at least ten million here.
However, few foreign mercenaries come to South America to make money because the terrain here is really awful.
Mercenary groups not accustomed to jungle warfare come here to meet their demise.”
Gao Yang laughed, “I know you’re very familiar with jungle warfare, but how do you train for it?
By the way, you seem to have a grudge against the Jaguar Corps.
Have you fought against them before?”
Nate nodded and said, “Jungle warfare, well, you can only really train for it in the jungle itself.
Angel wasn’t very good at it before.
A few years ago, I specifically took Angel to Colombia for two years of specialized training.
We lived here for those two years.”
“Two years, just for training?
I have to say, you’re crazy.”
Nate smiled and said, “Our training method was actual combat, fighting drug traffickers, fighting guerilla troops, and in the end, just joining a guerilla group to fight against the government forces.
In one battle, the Jaguar Corps killed three of our people and wounded eleven, so even now, we kill anyone from Jaguar Corps we see.
It’s a campaign of revenge that is far from over.”
Gao Yang exclaimed in shock, “Three died?
Just for training in jungle warfare?
What were you thinking?”
Nate said very seriously, “Without shedding blood, there can be no improvement.
Now I can declare that Angel is one of the best teams in the world at jungle warfare.”
Gao Yang had a hard time accepting Nate’s way of thinking, and he said with the same seriousness, “If I were you, I would never do such a thing.
To lose three men just to enhance your jungle warfare capabilities is not worth it.
If your ability in jungle warfare isn’t strong, then just stay out of the jungle.
I’d rather never be able to fight in the jungle than let my people die.”
Nate barely curled his lips and said, “I didn’t ask for your opinion, and you’re in no position to comment on our actions.”
Gao Yang had no reply and could only keep silent.
Meanwhile, Chloe said over the radio, “Report, five kilometers to the rendezvous point.”
Nate waved to Gao Yang and said, “You can make the call now.”
After Gao Yang had placed the call and passed the phone to Nate—who notified the welcoming party—about ten minutes passed, and the leading vehicle stopped.
At an intersection on a narrow road, a car with its windows fully rolled down sat with two people inside coldly watching the convoy that had stopped in front of them.
No one from the whole convoy got out of their cars, and at this moment, Nate said to Gao Yang, “This is the place.
Go on down.
If you need a translator, I can go with you.”
Gao Yang waved his hand and then opened the door and got out.
Because the car stopped quite a way back, he needed to walk a few steps forward.
As he was moving toward the front, the person driving the car shouted something at him.
Gao Yang looked at Nate, who shrugged and said, “He’s asking who we are.”
Gao Yang said helplessly, “Language barriers really are a problem.
Tell him I am Ram.”
After Nate stated Gao Yang’s identity, the person sitting in the car nodded, gestured to Gao Yang, shouted a few words, and then started up their beat-up car, turning around and driving down the narrow road.
“Follow them and let me and Ram lead.”
First speaking into the radio, Nate then said to Gao Yang, “He wants us to follow.”
Standing still, waiting for the car to pull up beside them and getting in, Gao Yang’s vehicle took the lead with the convoy entering a muddy track.
After driving for two or three kilometers, Gao Yang saw the beat-up car that had come to meet them again.
But this time, they were not greeted by just one car, but a convoy.
The welcoming convoy had a total of seven vehicles, including three small trucks and two pickups.
The anti-aircraft machine guns on the pickups were visibly placed in the beds, and behind one of the smaller trucks was a noticeable towed anti-aircraft gun.
Once Gao Yang got out of the car and walked up to the convoy stopped on the road, two people who had come to meet him pointed at him, speaking to someone sitting on one of the pickup trucks.
After seeing Gao Yang, the person on the pickup waved his hand, got out of the truck, and walked toward Gao Yang.
When they were still a few meters apart, the man who had come down from the pickup asked in a threatening tone of English, “Are you Ram?”
“I am Ram.”
“Good.
I don’t know who sent you to pick up these goods, but now you can give him a call and tell him we’ve received you.
Then have him call my boss.”
After speaking in an unfriendly manner, the man pointed to the few vehicles behind him and said loudly, “All this stuff is yours now.
Go check it.” (To be continued.
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